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Isaac sold 58 of his baseball cards at a collectors show. If this represented 14.5% of his total collection, how many baseball cards did Isaac have before he sold his cards?

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Answer:

[tex]400\ cards[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Let

x------> amount of baseball cards Isaac had before he sold

we know that

[tex]14.5\%=14.5/100=0.145[/tex]

so

[tex]0.145x=58[/tex]

Solve for x

[tex]x=58/0.145[/tex]

[tex]x=400\ cards[/tex]

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